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C. R. CRANE.

TAG. No. 278,888. Patented June 5,1888.

WITNESSES add.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CLARK R. CRANE, OF MOB-RICE, MICHIGAN.

TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,888, dated June 5, 1883.

Application filed October 20, 1881. (X0 modeLl To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARK R. CRANE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Morrice, in the county of Shiawassee and State of .Michigan, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Tag-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention in a perspective view; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, showing the perforations with the wire passing through them.

This invention has relation to tags for shipping and other purposes; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents the tag or card, which may be made in any suitable form or shape to receive the shipping-address, and B the strengtheningstrip, which may be made of cloth, paper, or other suitable material, and cemented or otherwise secured by adhesive substance to one end of the card by overlapping its edge andfolding down upon opposite sides. The card is then suitably perforated through this strengthening-strip, and the wire or cord D secured thereto in the following manner: One of the free ends of the cord or wire is first passed through the perforation c, and extended on the opposite side of the card about half its length. Both ends are then carried vertically, as shown, and passed through the upper perforation, d, in opposite directions, when they are finally carried ofi above the upper edge of the card a sufiicient distance for attaching purposes.

By this construction it will be readily seen that a very neat and substantial shipping-tag may be obtained, and at a much less cost than many now in use.

A metal plate having holes arranged in triangular position has been secured to a tag hav i'ng correspondinglyarranged holes by a cord having. its ends passed through two of the holes, and drawn until its middle portion comes in contact with the plate, after which the two ends are brought together and passed through the third hole to secure the plate and tag together, and also afford a means of securing the tag to the article to be shipped or marked. A string held at its middle between a tag and a reeniorcing strip has also been used. A label having a strip of wire extending by preference the full. width of the label, though not necessarily so, has been provided, over which one end of the label has been folded and fastened down by some adhesive material. This being done, the label has been perforated below the wire, and a string or wire passed through the pertbration, by which to attach the label. In some cases a strip of metal has been used in'place ot' the wire, and periorated with the label for the passage of the attaching string or wire. None of these constructions are claimed, broadly, herein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the tag A, perforated at 0 c, with the strengthening-strip B, perforated to correspond with the perforations aforesaid, folded over the edge of said tag and secured in place by adhesive material, and the wire D, passed through the lower perforation, c, and crossed in the upper perforation, a, and ter minating in attaching ends, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have=. hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

J. D." LELAND, F. J. STEWART. 

